What came first? The world or you? Seems like an absurd question, isnโt it?
Yet, hereโs what the great Masters point:
๐ฌ๐ผ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ธ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ด. ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐บ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ i๐ป ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ.
๐๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐๐ผ๐ โ ๐๐ต๐ฒ โ๐โ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ธ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ โ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ โ๐โ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐. ๐ง๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต ๐ถ๐, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ป.
How to make sense of this?
At a fundamental level, examining the world cannot reveal anything, because the Masters point that the world has risen from you. Ok. So, paying attention to the things, the people, and phenomena of the world cannot reveal the Truth.
If the world has risen from you, as the Masters point, then you need know this โIโ that you think you are deeply, completely. You need to know yourself.
You may wonder โ but I already know myself. My name is so-and-so. I was born in such-and-such place to my parents. You can go like this and describe your birth facts, your attributes, your relationships, your work, your achievements etc. But who are you?
Asking yourself, โWho am I?โ is the beginning of this inquiry to know yourself. To do so is Self-Inquiry.
Beyond your name, attributes, experiences, history, beliefs, aspirations, relationships, who are you? When all these are stripped away โ and strip away you should, in the inquiry because they are all coming and going โ what remains?
What remains unchanging when all the changing things that want to pass of as โyouโ are set aside?
Find this in your direct experience.
Need help with this? The book, Awaken: An Experiential Exploration of Enlightenment can help guide you through this direct inquiry into your true nature.
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